CON EeReN LS 
CHAPTER PAGE 
I. INTRODUCTION x x ‘ 4 pores 1 
II, THE ACORN AND ITS GERMINATION—THE SEEDLING 10 
Til. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT . : - 24 
IV. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT (continued). Its 
SHOOT-SYSTEM—DISTRIBUTION OF THE TISSUES 39 
V. THE SEEDLING AND YoOuNG PLANT (continued). 
STRUCTURE OF THE VASCULAR TISSUES, &c.. . 52 
VI. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT (continued). 
THE BUDS AND LEAVES . 5 un ter 
VII. THE TREE—ITS ROOT-SYSTEM * A : : 89 
VIll. THE TREE—ITS SHOOT-SYSTEM : e a. 9S 
IX. THE TREE (continued). INFLORESCENCE AND 
FLOWERS—FRUIT AND SEED . ; «| Es 
xX. OAK TIMBER—ITS STRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL 
PECULIARITIES f ; : J cee 16) 
XI. THE CULTIVATION OF THE OAK, AND THE DISEASES 
AND INJURIES TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT ; .. S47 
XII. RELATIONSHIPS OF THE OAKS—THEIR DISTRIBUTION 
IN SPACE AND TIME ‘ : . - 167 
THE OAK IN SUMMER . , ; : . Frontispiece 
THE OAK IN WINTER ; : : - « Lo face p. 8 
